EFI Software Boss Is New CEO For JDF Body

EFI's Margaret Motamed has been elected as chief executive officer of CIP4, the industry organisation responsible for JDF.

EFI's Margaret Motamed has been elected as chief executive officer of CIP4, the industry organisation responsible for JDF.

Motamed has been active in the graphic arts and printing field for over 20 years in various marketing, technical and research positions and she currently serves as EFI's director of software platforms.

She has held the position of CIP4 marketing director for the past four years.

In her new role, Motamed will serve as the chair of both the CIP4 advisory board and the CIP4 board of directors and she has the primary signature authority for the organisation in financial and legal, or contracting work.

She is also responsible for overseeing the organisation's legal matters, overseeing and direction of other board members and she serves as CIP4's primary liaison to other international standards bodies.

Motamed said: "I look forward to playing an even greater role in CIP4, now comprised of 310 member companies.

The organisation's focus has been on developing and marketing the JDF specification and now it's time to focus on expanding the specification to encompass more speciality markets in the graphic arts industry, such as packaging and to further our educational efforts in partnership with other industry organisations.

" Ghilad Dziesietnik, chief technical officer of EFI, commented: "EFI is a strong supporter of open standards as evidenced by our active participation in CIP4 and other organisations, and more importantly, by our product development efforts.

We're proud that Margaret is the new leader of CIP4, and like the other member companies, we look forward to working with her to take the organisation to the next level." In addition to her CIP4 role, Motamed is the EFI advisory board representative to PODI, the sponsor of the PPML language and she is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events.

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